Napkin-folding machine



y 9, 1929- T. N. DELIGIANES T AL 1.719.833

NAPKIN FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 18, 1925 9 She ets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY y 9, 1929. "r. N. DELIGIANES ET AL 1.719.833

NAPKIN FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 18, 1925 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY y 9, 1929- 'r. N. 'DELIGIANES ET AL 1.719.833

NAPKIN FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 1s, 1925 9 SheetsSheet 3 y 9, 1 9- T. N. DELIGIANES ET AL 1.719.833

, NAPKIN FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 18, 1925 9 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR July 9, 1929. "r. N. DELIGIANES ET AL NAPKIN FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 18, 1925 9 Sheets -Sheet 5 ATTORNEY INVENTOR y 9, 1929- I 'r. N. DELIGIANES ET AL 1.719.833

'NAPKIN FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 18, 1925 9 Sheets-Sheet 7 INVENTOR ATTORNEY y 9, 1929- 'r. N. DELIGIANES E AL 1.719.833

' NAPKI'N FOLDING MACHINE Filed March 18; 1925 9 Sheets-Sheet 8 Patented July 9, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. DELIGIANES AND ANDREAS A. BOURDIES, J5 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AYQSIG'N- OBS, BY MIESI IE ASEEGNMENTS, TO GEORGE D. ANTHOULIS, 0F GARY, INDIANA.

NAPKIN-IFOLDING MACHINE.

application filed March 18, 1925. Serial No. 16,483.

This invention relates to a napkin cutting and. folding machine and has .tor its primary object the construction ot a machine that will. more rapidly and more accurately and moreetliciently cut and fold napkins.

An object ot the invention is the construe-- tion of a machine that besides RUUOHHQllSlHHg the foregoing results will separate, count and deliver the niipliins from the machine ready for shipniient. An object of the inveiition is the novel manner of mountingfor adjustment the main portions of the machine so that accuracy oi teed of the paper is assured and any tend encv to tear the paper eliminated.

Besides the ahove our invention. is dis tinguishod in the c n1hinati(. n and arraiurcments of mechanism whereby the machine will have smooth operation thr ughout and the jamming of the napkins positively prevented. y

lVith those and other objects in view the invention will be hetter u uderstood from the ilhllowing description taken in connection with the acconumnyingg; drawing in which:

7 Fl 1 is a front elevation 01' the duilex machine constructed n accordance with our invention. V

.lfiis 2 is a sectional. view m the 1V ie .22

Fig. 3 an enlarged horizontal sectional view? Fig. l is an enlarged rear elevation. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional. view on the Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the count mechanism.

Fig. 11 is a cross sectional view of the counting mechanism.

Fig; 12 is a detailed view of a portion oi? the cliscln'n'ging mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a detailed view of one of the cam devices of the delivering niechanii-nn.

Fig. 14. a sectional. view through the paper roll siiippoii't.

Fig. 15 is a sectional view on the line 15-15 of Fig. 14.

Again referring to the drawingsilh'lstrating one of the many constructions of our invention, the nun'ieral 1 designates the frame of the duplex construction as shown in the drawings. The following d iscription will be lii'nited to-one 111ecl1a11i.--:1n although it wishedv to he imderstmid that any nannher of incchainisn'is may he connected up in series. The frame 1 supports a. stationary shaft 2 upon which is mounted a threaded sleeve 3 that is free to rotate upon the shaft. This sleeve has a screw threaded thereto and hearings l for receiving the roll of paper 5.

One of the hearings is connected toa slid-- Zing collar 6 that is operated by the adjust ing screw 7. Thus it will he sreu that the position (XE the roller on the shaft may he changed at will to assure accurate alignment of the roll of paper with the other mechanism to be described later. The strip of paper 8 fed over an. idler 5) and then over a series oil. fold forming plates hereinafter known as the advance plate 10, intermediate plate 11 and the final plate 12. 'lheseplates are so shaped and arranged as to give a plurality of lolds to the paper strip so that when. the strip is finally 't'orced from the cutting rolls the napkin will have a sixteen fold. Each of the plates tired to a pivotrod 13 so that the angular position thereof may he changed at will by the teed screw 14L. Thus it will le seen that accurate Ptitllfilling oil the plates will he assured tor usuring accurate feed of the paper strip. ihlmutlciated \vith the plates are a plurality oit' tensioning devices 15 for the purpose (it holding the paper strip snugly ai-isociated with the plate. Also associated with the plate: are pairs of feed rollers 16 having a roughened. surface as indicated at 17. .lhe main drive mechanism 18 receiving power from the motor 19 is connected by individual drive connections '19 with the feed rollers so that all the feed rollers will be driven in unison and the paper strip subject to a uniform pull.

Associated with the last set of feed rollers is a pair of rotary cutters 20 each consisting of a cylinder 21 in which is embedded a blade 22. The blades are so positioned relative to each other that they will subjectthe strip of paper passing therebetween to a shearing action. As the strip of paper is being cut and fed from the cutters the same is forced forwardly into engagement with the advancing roll 23 in a manner hereinafter described. This advancing roll, 23 is associated with a chute 24 and a feed belt 25 which is driven at a rapid rate of speed by the gear connection 26. The feed belts drop the folded napkin into a pocket 27 formed between the stationary stops 28 and movable stops 29. These stops are mounted at the forward end of the trough 30 in which is slidably mounted the weighted rest 31.

e will now describe our improved napkin advancing mechanism, delivering mechanism, and stacking mechanism. The advance mechanismcomprises a plunger or plate 32 operating to force the napkins from the cutters into engagement with the roller 23. This plunger includes a guide 33 and an operating link or bar 34 that is pivotly connected to a crank arm 85. This crank arm 35 is associated with another crank 86 operated by thecam 3 7 on the drive shaft 38. A spring 39 returns the crank 35 and associated parts to normal position. .Thus it will be seen that the plunger 32 has a. reciprocatory movement for intermittently forcing the napkins as cut from the cutters onto the advancing rolls.

The delivering mechanism comprises a slide 40 moving in the trough and provided with slots 41 to enable the slide to pass by both sets of stops. This slide includes a guide or stem 42 and a link 43 which is connected-to the crank 44 associated with a second crank 45 that has'an eccentric connection 46 with the drive shaft 3 8. Thus it will be seen that the slide is reciprocated back and forth relative to the stops so as to force the napkins along the trough and as the napkins are supported by the rest it will be seen that they will be properly stacked. It will be seen that it is necessary that the movable stops 29 be removed from the interior of the trough in the advancing of the napkin and by referring to Figures 8 and 9 it will be seen that the stops are carried by the slide 47 and forced into an operative position by the spring 48. The cam 49 on the shaft 50- operates against the roller 51 carried by the slide to force the stops to an inoperative position and these parts are so trough.

arranged and timed that the stops are forced to an inoperative position when the napkin is being advanced by the slide but will return to operative position in the return movement of the slide to prevent the returning of the napkin into the pocket 27.

We have shown associated with the trough counting mechanism consisting of a plunger 52 arranged to pass through a slot in the trough to engage between the stack of napkins. This plunger is carried by a bar 54 which is in turn secured to an arm attached to a clamp 56. This clamp 56 engages the stem 57 but carries at its lower end a slotted plate 58 supporting a roller 59. The stem is slidably mounted in a bracket 60 and is urged upwardly by a spring 61.

The drive mechanism 62 includes the worm 68 and worm wheel (54. The worm wheel 64 is mounted on a shaft 65 carrying adisk 66 and is provided with a slot 67 arranged to register with the roller 59 when a certain number of napkins has been fed forwardly. \Vhen the slot registers with the roller it will be seen that the spring 61 is free to operate for instantly forcing the mechanism upwardly with the plunger engaging between the stack of napkins thereby separating the stack into batches of a predetermined number.

In the operation of the machine a roll of paper is placed upon the bearings 4 and the feed screw 7 adjusted for accurately positioning the roller so that the strip of paper will accurately feed over the idler and over the folding plates. The plates as well as the rollers are then accurately adjusted to assure accurate travel of the paper and besides reduces theresistance to which the paper is subject. As the papers are fed over the plates and between the feed rollers the napkin is accurately folded so that when the folded strip is cutby the rotary cutters and then advanced to the advancing roll, the napkin will have a sixteen fold. As the cut strip of paper is passing from the cutters the plunger 32 comes into action for forcing the same into engagement with the feed belts 25 which draw the napkin from the roll 23 and deposit the same within the pocket 27. W'hen a napkin has been deposited within the pocket 27 the slide 40, through its connections. moves for ardly and as this action takes place the cam 49 redirects the movable stops 29 for allowing free travel of the napkin into stacking engagement with the rest or against the other napkins within the In the return movement of the slide the cam 49 has advanced to a position to allow the spring 48 to return the stops into the trough to prevent return movement of the napkin into the pocket, the return movement of the slide being accommodated by the slots in the slide.

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After a predetermined number of napkins has been forced. into the trough the worm 6 has advanced the worm ,whcel G-il a required. movement to bring the slot in the disk into registration with the roller 59 for allowing the spring 61 to instantly force the parts upwardly and the plunger into en age ment between the napkins.

It is, of course, to he understood that various parts of the mechanism may be designed in *arious ways and the parts may be associated in other combinations and therefore we do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a machine of the character stated, a pair of cutting rolls disposed to receive be tween them a continuous strip of mz'lterial and to cut it into predetermined lengths, a folding roll adjacent one of the cutting rolls, and a feed plate operating between said folding roll and the cutting roll cooperating therewith and movable toward and away from the same, said plate engaging the severed lengths of n'iaterial intermediate the ends thereof as they are discharged from the cutting rolls and il ecding them between said folding roll. and its cooperating cutting roll, the folding roll and the cutting roll cooperating therewith coacting to fold said severed lengths of material.

2. In a machine of the character stated, a pair of cutting rolls disposed to feed a strip of material downwardly between them and to cut the strip into predcterniiined lengths, a folding roll disposed below and adjacent one of the cutting rolls in parallel relation thereto, a feed plate below the cutting rolls and movable toward and away from the folding roll and between said folding roll and the cutting roll adjacent thereto, and means for operating said feed plate and causing it to engage with the severed lengths of material as they are discharged from the cutting rolls and feed them between the folding roll and its associated cutting roll.

In a machine of the character stated, a pair of cutting rolls dis] )osed to feed a strip of material downwardly between. them and to cut the strip into predetermined lengths, a folding roll disposed below and adjacent one of the cutting rolls in parallel relation thereto, a feed bar below the crdting rolls and movable toward and away from the same, a trough below the folding roll, a feed plate actuated by the bar and acting to initially fold the severed lengths of material as they are discharged from the cutting rolls and to feed them between the folding roll and its adjacent cutting roll, a driven endless belt cooperating with the folding roll for discharging the folded lengths of n1aterial from between said folding roll and its associated cutting roll, and means cooperating with the belt for delivcrimr the folded lengths of material into the trough.

4. In a machine of the character stated, means for feeding a strip of paper and for folding it successively longitudinally, means for cutting the folded strips into sections of predetermined length, means coops 'ating with the cutting means for folding the cut lengths transversely, and means cooperating with the folding means for delivering therefrom the folded lengths of material.

5. In a machine for the purpose described, a rotatable advancing member, a rotatable cutting element arranged tangentially with respect to said member, a rotatable cutting element arranged tangentially with respect to said first mei'itioned cutting element, said cutting elements being disposed to receive between. them a continuous strip of material and to out said strip into predetermined lengths, and means for folding said P1(*,(lteri'nined lengths of said strip and for moving said predeterniincd lengths in a direction during folding action between said ad vancing member and said first mentioned cutting element.

6. In a machine for the purpose described, a rotatable advai'icing member, a rotatal'ile cutting element arranged tangentially with respect to said. member, a rotatable cutting clement arranged tangentially with respect to said first mentioned cutting element, said cutting elements being disposed to receive between them a continuous strip of material and to out said strip into n'cdeterulined lei'igths, means for folding said predetermined long he of said strip and for moving said prciletcrniined lengths in a directiol'i during folding action between l advancing member and said .l'irst mentioned cutting element, a trough, and rotatable means arranged tangentially with rcspcct to the ad vancing member and cooperating with the advamling member for delivering the predetermined length of said strip in folded form from said :ulvancing roller and said first mentioned cutting element.

7. In a machine for the purpose described, a cutting mechanism for cutting a continnous strip of material into prcdcterminml lengths, folding means operable on the predetermined lei'lgths for folding each length upon itself, and a member cooperating with. an, element of said cutting meclmnisiu for receiving the il'oldcd lengths from said cutting mechanism.

8. In a machine of the character stated, a pair of cutting rollers adapted to be disposeifl in horizontal alignment, cooperating cutting elements arranged on the peripl'icry of said cutting rollers adapted to sever a continuous strip of material fed therebetween into predetermined lengths, a folding roller said "folding roller with said cutting roller whereby said folded section of material de- 1o livered from between said rollers may be moved to a delivery point.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures THOMAS N. DELIGIANES. ANDREAS A. BOURDES. 

